Soon I must carry away with me, over the seas, all the delightful memories, the friendships, the affections, which have made this country such a pleasant place for me." "You are going soon ?" she asked quickly.
"Very soon," he answered.

"My work is nearly finished, if indeed I may dignify it by the name of work.

Then I must go back." She shrank a little away from him, as though the word were distasteful to her.
"Do you mean that you will go back for always ?" she asked.
"There are many chances in life," he answered.

"I am the servant of the Emperor and my country." "There is no hope, then," she continued, "of your settling down here altogether ?" For once the marble immobility of his features seemed disturbed.

He looked at her in honest amazement.
"Here!" he exclaimed.